Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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Title taken from caption. "9286 -- (2) The third day after leaving Seattle, the Arctic travelers found themselves in the midst of the characteristic scenic wonders of the new Northwest, and they reveled in the glorious vistas from the upper...
Title taken from caption. "L.T. Erwin's Teams with largest loads of wood ever hauled in the country largest load 7 1/2 CDS, smallest load 6 CDS. Photo by Johnson."
MOREHOUSE-GERHAM COMPANY
14 East 41st Street, New York 17, N. Y.
29 East Madison Street, Chicago 2, Ill.
261 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco 2, Calif.
Remainder of title: Thomas Riggs, Jr., Member Alaskan Engineering Commission, and C. W. Richie and H. J. Atwell, Acting Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office, at Fairbanks, Alaska.
Title taken from front. Sled dog teams line up on Fourth Avenue in front of Brown & Hawkins after bringing a load of gold dust in from the Iditarod gold fields, Seward, Alaska. From front: "1/2 ton gold dust largest shipment ever carried by dog...
"A water power saw mill, the brain child of Jack Scheele. This was arranged, that a small log could be set in the log cradle, the water turned in the race to the water wheel, that in turn operated the affair that when the slab had been sawn off...
Full caption reads: "Pilots of fleet of eight 'aristocrats' before leaving Washington, D.C., June 20, 1929, on the longest air tour ever undertaken. Center (left to right) C. S. Rieman, President, General...
Title by cataloger. Photograph of a boy with his brother tied to his back, standing on the bank of the Yukon River. Narrative in photo album reads: "This is rather unusual showing a boy, (Likeness?) carrying his little brother Herman. Herman...
Title from caption. Photograph of sun dogs as seen from Stevens Village. Narrative in photo album reads: "These two pictures show the most beautiful phenomenon I ever saw. The central spot is the sun, while on either side is a sun dog. These...
Title from caption. Photograph of sun dogs caught on two separate photographs and overlapped to show both sides of the effect. Narrative in photo album reads: "These two pictures show the most beautiful phenomenon I ever saw. The central spot...
Title from caption. Photograph of a children's lawn party with Bennie, Edith and Francis and their mother, Mrs. Moore, identified. Caption reads:>"Birthday Party at extreme left marked with X -- my daughter Frances, near centre my daughter...
Title from donor notes. Additional donor notes read: "The jeep got a lot of summer use, even [left center] when the engine didn't work. The younger male Point Hopers who had been away from the village were enthusiastic but inexpert drivers. ...
Title from donor notes. Additional donor notes read: "The jeep got a lot of summer use, even [left center] when the engine didn't work. The younger male Point Hopers who had been away from the village were enthusiastic but inexpert drivers. ...